Mind the (gender pay) gap!: a critical analysis of EU gender pay gap rules

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Feb 13 2024

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Head of Employment Belgium
Belgium

I am Head of Employment in our International HR Services group in Brussels with over 30 years' experience of advising on contentious and non-contentious issues in employment and benefits, including high profile employment litigation, boardroom advisory work, strategic change management, industrial relations, compliance and reward issues.

Cecilia Lahaye

Counsel
Belgium

As Counsel in our International HR Services group in Brussels, I have in-depth experience in employment and civil law litigation, with a practice that spans an array of employment and social security law matters, focusing on dismissals, compensation and benefits and workplace health and safety hazards.

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In this in-depth report, our international employment experts Pieter DeKoster and Cecilia Lahaye offer a critical analysis of the European Union’s Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970 (‘the Directive’) which focuses on ‘strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms’. The Directive marks the cornerstone of gender equality in the workplace, a major component of EU social policy and indeed one of the core values of the European Union.

The report provides a comprehensive look at key aspects of the Directive, compared to the current regulatory framework in 17 EU jurisdictions. Based on a survey of the key features of such national laws, the report focuses on its potential impact in and across EU countries, including enforcement mechanisms; pay transparency principles; remedies and enforcement.

To receive your free copy of the Mind the (gender pay) gap report, a critical analysis of the European Union’s Directive 2023/970, please contact megan.jenkins@twobirds.com.